Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-10
THE LATEST KILOGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

a STRONG now Oh NATURAL gas has Docu
struck at Cerre Gordo, Piatt county, ILL.,,
at depth of Ito feet.
FoRTY-NINE head of cattle, suffering
from pleuro- pneumonia, we're killed on a
farm near New Brunswick, n. J..
A THIRTY-sIx inch vein of coal has been
struck ner Huron, d. T., at depth of
3O5 feet.
The loss by the recent floods in the
Rogue district, in Gus, is estimated at
over $1,O00,O00.
Mrs. ANNA SABAs, who was fined $50 at
st. Louis recently for tossing pancake
into Mrs. Cleveland's lap, was, on appeal,
released on the payment of $15.
REAR-ADM1RAL WoRDEN, hero of the
Monitor and Merrimac fight, is living in
Washington. He is go years of age, but
looks younger.
TIE stock holders of the Northern Pa
ciic railroad have voted to authorize the
directors to Issue $12,O00,000 of bonds,
bearing interest not to exceed per cent.
Mrs. R. G. REINERTsoN, writer of some
note. with residence at Milwaukee, Wis,
claims to have had her hearing restored
by Christian Science methods. She had
been deaf for twenty-six years.
JAY GOULD will be accompanied by his
wife and two of his sons on his trip to
Europe. They will spend the winter
cruising in the Mediterranean, far from
"the madding crowd" of Wall street.
In his annual report the governor of
Washington territory estimates its popu-
lation at 142, O69, an increase of over is,
900 in the last two years. The uncertainty
of the Northern Pacific titles has retard-
ed settlement upon the public lands.
The remains of Henry Ward Beecher
have been removed from the vault III
Greenwood cemetery to grove il the new
portion of the cemetery near the Twenti-
eth street entrance.
A WATER famine prevails in the two
western tiers of Ohio counties and the
adjoining territory of Indiana. Cattle
are suffering, mills have been stopped, and
the low stage Of water in the wells is
breeding typhoid fever and kindred dis
eases.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has reduced it's rate 20 per cent. for
sending ten-word messages. Tenword
messages between New York and Chicago,
heretofore charged SO cents, will here
after be charged 40 cents.
The Third National Bank, of st. Paul,
Mimi, is preparing to go into liquida-
ton, owing to embarrassment caused by
unpaid advances made TO the lumber
firm of Rood & Maxwell, which recently
failed at Washburn, Wis.
The leaders of the rebellion in the
Knights of Labor organization think that
their expulsion is only a matter of time,
and in case it should come about they
will band together in new districts and
start an independent order.
IT is stated that at conference be-
tween Jay Gould and President Chandler,
of the Postal Telegraph company, in
New York, peace was declared, and 1t was
determined to advance telegraph rates
Immediately.
The officers quarters at Fort Riley,
Kar., one of the Oldest military posts in
the country, are said to be the abode of
ghosts. Many mysterious tragedies have
taken place at the fort, and evil fortune
has attended nearly every officer who has
been quartered there.
PAPERS were served on Governor Buck
ner in the case of the State of Indiana
versus the State of Kentucky The
Hoosiers declare Green River Island, at
the mouth of the stream of that name,
belongs to them, and two prominent law
yers have been employed to prove it.
AT crossing in Allegheny City, Pa,
Thursday night, a freight train dashed
against the rear end of a street car,
which was filled with passengers. The
car was partly wrecked, and John M.
Culp and young woman named Harriet
Weyman, who had rushed to the rear plat
form, were knocked off and ground to
pieces under the wheels of the engine.
Other passengers were not injured.